Major General A.E. Grassett. See also photo of General Crerar next. These two men between them share much of the responsibility for the despatch of Canadian troops to Hong Kong.
(Public Archives of Canada [PAC] PA116456)

General H.D.G. Crerar. (Public Archives of Canada (PAC PA 804282)

Colonel (later Brigadier) J.K. Lawson. (See also Col Hennessy). These two experienced staff officers suddenly found themselves the senior officers of the Canadian Hong Kong force. Their deaths in the first days of the battle for the Island left the Canadian troops without representatives in the higher echelons of the garrison. (PAC PA 501269)

Colonel Pat Hennessy (PAC PA 114521)

Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He was initially opposed to reinforcing Hong Kong, but changed his mind.(PAC PA 22140)

Hon. J.L. Ralston, above, and Hon. C.G. Power, Minister and Associate Minister of National Defence. Neither man questioned the desirability of concurring with the Bristish request. Power may have been instrumental in having the Royal Rifles of Canada go to Hong Kong. (PAC PA501268)

Hon. C.G. Power, Associate Minister of National Defence (PAC PA124812)

The Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada. He had no objection to Canadian troops going to Hong Kong as long as it did not furnish an argument for conscription. [PAC] PA 804282)

A group of Royal Rifles at embarkation with the battalion mascot (Gander), acquired during their stay in Newfoundland. (PAC PA116791)

The Winnipeg Grenadiers entraining at Winnipeg. (PAC PA116790)

The departure scene at Winnipeg. (PAC PA116793)

C Force's staff officers on board the Awatea; (l to r) Major C.A. Lyndon, Brigadier J.K. Lawson, Colonel P. Hennessy, and Captain H.S.A. Bush. Only the latter would survive the battle. (PAC PA116457)

The ship on which most of C Force sailed, the Awatea, calls at Manila en route to Hong Kong. (PAC PA116288)

(Photo 1 of 2) C Company of the Royal Rifles on board HMCS Prince Robert. (RCN photo)

(Photo 2 of 2) C Company of the Royal Rifles disembarking from HMCS Prince Robert. They were the first Canadian troops to go into action on Hong Kong Island. (RCN photo)

Winnipeg Grenadiers on board Awatea. (Imperial War Museum [IWM] K1370)

Canadian troops disembarking from Awatea. (IWM K1381)

Major General C.M. Maltby takes the salute as C Force marches past. (IWM K1366)

C Force marching through Kowloon to Shamshuipo barracks. (IWM K1378)

Canadian troops after their arrival at Shamshuipo barracks. (IWM K1375)

Major General Maltby and Brigadier Lawson confer after C Force's arrival. (IWM K1371)

Volunteers and Indian troops in camp. (IWM KF176)

Volunteers prepare a machine-gun position on the coast. (IWM K1325)

Chinese personnel of the Royal Engineers. These men were to fight with bravery and determination as infantry during the battle. (IWM KF138)

One of the coast defence guns. These weapons were handicapped by a lack of suitable ammunition. (IWM K1329)

A British advanced machine-gun position on the border looking into China. (IWM K74)

British military convoy. This picture graphically illustrates how the high ground dominated the road system. (IWM K1680)

(This photo) Canadian troops establish a Bren gun position and (next photo) put on a bayonet charge for the photographer. In a few weeks they would be doing this in deadly earnest over the same ground. (IWM KF193)

Second photo. ((IWM KF189)

The Lye Mun battery showing Lye Mun Passage where the Japanese crossed. The high point in the centre background is Devil's Peak. (PAC PA114877)

The Silesian Mission where Captain Banfill had his Advanced Dressing Station, with Mount Parker in the background. (Canadian Forces [CF] PMR 79-167)

Lye Mun Barracks, the most northern point held by the Rifles' C Company. (PAC PA116195)

Japanese machine-gun in action in Hong Kong. (IWM SIT3306)

Mount Butler (left) and Mount Parker. (CF PMR 79-169)

Japanese artillery in action on Jardine's Lookout firing over Wong Nei Chong Gap. (IWM SIT3571)

Wong Nei Chong Gap from Jardine's Lookout. (CF PMR 79-166)

Japanese 70mm infantry gun in action in Hong Kong. (IWM MH536)

Two views of Repulse Bay. In this photo Eucliffe Castle is on the left and the Hotel in the centre. (PAC PA114819)

Second view of Repulse Bay. In this photo, Major General Tanaka is looking directly over the Hotel. The commanding position the Japanese held in the hills in apparent. (CF PMR 79-168)

Lieutenant Colonel W.J. Home, Commanding Officer of the Royal Rifles (seen as a Brigadier in 1946) was the senior Canadian officer to survive the battle. His relationships with his British superiors was often stormy. (PAC PA116459)

Japanese troops move into Victoria just before the surrender. (IWM HU2776)

Japanese infantry advances during the last stages of the fighting. (IWM HU2780)

Naval prisoners of war at Hong Kong moving to a camp. (IWM HU2779)

Prisoners of war hear the broadcast of the Japanese surrender at Shamshuipo. (PAC PR480)

North Point Camp just after the Japanese surrender. (PAC PA116796)

George Drew, the principal critic of the government's treatment of the Hong Kong situation. (PAC PA11578)

Sir Lyman Duff, Chief Justice of Canada and the Commissioner appointed to investigate the despatch, training, and equipment of C Force. (PAC PA12813)

HMCS Prince Robert and the aircraft carrier HMS Glory arrive at Esquimalt, British Columbia, carrying Hong Kong prisoners of war. (PAC PA116787)

HMS Glory. (PAC PA116786)

HMCS Prince Robert, here shown arriving at Esquimalt in 1945 with prisoners of war, carried C Force men both to and from Hong Kong. (PAC PA116788)

Men of C Force on a CPR vessel at Victoria on the last lap of their long journey home. (PAC PA116797)